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In reply to the discussion: Heat Has NO IMPACT on COVID-19 [View all]LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)4. The question is HOW LONG has the disease been spreading...
In each of these locations? What is the testing protocol? If it's similar to the United States, each of these WARMER CLIMATE countries are way behind. Australia has large areas of nothing land - bush to be exact. We have no idea. New Zealand with 12 cases thus far is in the Summer Season. China was not cold during the December initial appearance and Jan, Feb spread.
The point is COVID-19 does NOT DIE by HEAT. That is the point this map totally proves whether you choose to believe it or bury your head in the sand.
Brazil 300+ Cases
Argentina 68 Cases
South Africa 62 Cases
Australia 400+ Cases
Again, heat has NO IMPACT on this virus.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html
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If you look at a current map of cases in the US, most are in the larger cities with the propencity
southerncrone
Mar 2020
#5
So much for the optimistic proclamation that this will have a summer vacation.
no_hypocrisy
Mar 2020
#31
I always believed that the reason colds and flu spread more easily in cold weather...
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#49